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A period aft its capture, the O’Valley tusker nicknamed ‘Radhakrishnan’ was released from kraal and returned to the chaotic successful the Kalakkad Mudanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) connected Saturday (October 25, 2025) night, the wood section confirmed.
R. Kiruba Shankar, Field Director of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR), said the elephant, captured from O’Valley successful Gudalur successful September, had been kept wrong a kraal (elephant shelter) to exert immoderate behavioural changes to the animal, which was known to beryllium highly aggressive.
“In O’Valley, it was charging astatine radical and attacking, and a determination was made to support it wrong the kraal to calm it down,” said Mr. Kiruba Shankar. He added the wood section had been monitoring the elephant and noticed that its behaviour had altered importantly since its capture.
“There was minimal involution during the clip it was wrong the kraal. The wood section was lone observing the carnal and ensuring that it was feeding,” helium added.
Following a period wrong the kraal, veterinarians checked connected the wellness of the elephant successful the days anterior to its release. “Initially, we had thought we would merchandise it wrong the Nilgiris only. However, arsenic we feared the elephant would effort to marque its mode backmost to O’Valley, it was decided to merchandise it successful KMTR,” added the Field Director.
Attributed deaths
Radhakrishnan, which is believed to person killed five persons during antagonistic human-elephant interactions successful O’Valley, is expected to enactment distant from quality habitations successful the aboriginal owed to the interventions by the wood department.
Surveillance
The elephant has been fitted with a vigor collar and a squad of unit from the wood section volition show its movements to guarantee it doesn’t stray excessively adjacent to quality settlements and to support tabs connected it portion it acclimatises to its caller environment.
